After losing to London's nemesis Chelsea, Tottenham's championship drought has been extended to 5071 days, and it seems that even with the arrival of "championship coach" Conte, the gap between Tottenham and the championship is still so close, but so far.
The last time Spurs won the tournament was in the 2007-08 League Cup, when Spurs beat Chelsea to take the title. But the Blues have maintained a fairly strong ability to compete for the bid after this, winning the Champions League twice (2012, 2021) and the Europa League twice (2013, 2019) in these 5071 days, and the Premier League has also been crowned three times (2010, 2015, 2017), but Tottenham Can only repeatedly pass the trophy. If fans say that the League Cup is not enough gold, then Tottenham's last real "big game" winner is already the 1990-91 FA Cup winner.
Spurs have reached the final several times in the past 14 years, but the problem of the team's failure to play with "soft feet" at critical times has always existed. In the 14-15 Premier League Final, the team's forward core Kane was stared down by Zuma, scoring one goal each by Terry and Diego Costa, and was defeated by Chelsea with two goals in total. In the 2018-19 season, Spurs faced Liverpool in the Champions League final, and Tottenham Hotspur performed below par, only to be technically knocked down by the Reds due to Sissoko's early mistakes that caused the team to concede early. In the last season, the team reached the Final of the League Cup again, but Daniel Levy decided to dismiss his manager Mourinho before the game, which resulted in Spurs collapsing and being defeated overwhelmingly by Manchester City, and Spurs could not create even a threatening attack in the whole game.
At the end of the day, Tottenham's problem is that the team doesn't have the DNA of a champion, and when the team is in a crucial moment of the big game, the players (even the manager) are prone to collapse due to confidence problems, and they have no determination to chase after falling behind. After replacing Jose Mourinho, the team only showed a certain "championship appearance", but Daniel Levy's inexplicable decision allowed Spurs to continue their championship-free journey "successfully" in last season.
This season's mid-season team has welcomed championship manager Conte in office, but Tottenham's overall strength is far from the 2018-19 season. Spurs cannot sustain their strength without investing in several consecutive key transfer windows, and are now far outperforming kane, eriksen, the core of the former midfield, and the only reliable Belgian centre-back combination in the defence, have been shot by him; spurs have slipped from a team that can compete for the title to an "uncrowned master" who is now struggling for the top four.
With the English League Cup and the European Union out, and the league difficult to join the competition, the FA Cup is the only title that Tottenham can compete for. But under the ears of Manchester City, which is almost holding the Cup of the Premier League, the great powers are eyeing this home cup match, and Tottenham hotspur wants to end the nightmare this season, but it is difficult to ascend to the sky.